Danish Director Casper Balslev Signs with Institute
July 17, 2025
The last time director Anton Shavkero and his CLAN crew teamed with CG studio AVE we got this esport madness. Now they’ve applied their unhinged 3D thinking to this future-pop racer vision for PUMA’s classic Speedcat sneaker. [Watch]
CD Paul McDonnell and the design and animation team at Huge in London sculpt a literal page-turner to open Bookish, a British period crime drama series about a book shop owner who helps the police solve crimes. [Watch]
Berlin’s world-renowned character design conference returns to New York for its 11th edition on September 25–26, at the SVA Theatre. Expect two days of talks, screenings, and discussions shaped by new technologies and visual culture. [Watch]
The 77th Emmy Awards nominees were announced July 15th with six contenders vying for the much-coveted Outstanding Title Design hardware, including Plains of Yonder (x2), Imaginary Forces, yU + co, Filmograph, and Oliver Latta. [Watch]
After two powerful editions, Playgrounds returns to London for In Motion 2025 on October 9–10, bringing artist talks, panels, live demos, and a new app to connect creatives throughout the festival. [Watch]
Eddy director Clément Soulmagnon (whose work we track here), amplifies his signature animated poetry into far more intense and fiery territory in this new brand film for top-tier French cycling brand Van Rysel. [Watch]
Inspired by the films of early animation pioneer Oskar Fischinger, director Boris Seewald assembles 2,500 hand-drawn frames into a poetic expression of auditory perception for the University Medical Centre of Göttingen, Germany. [Watch]
The Stash Permanent Collection – aka the only streaming platform dedicated to design, animation, and VFX – just published issue 172. Preview the full two hours of motion brilliance with this two-minute trailer. [Watch]
Armenian motion design studio Innerlights makes their Stash debut with this distinctive launch film for a collab between Spanish car maker Cupra and 3D-printed footwear brand Zellerfeld, unveiled at Milan Design Week. [Watch]
In their latest in-house motion experiment, the team at Tomorrow Bureau link with sustainability-focused design agency WINT Design Lab to explore how “harnessing air” can create efficient and durable spaces and packaging. [Watch]
Bistro Films directing duo Wolfberg and VFX studio ALIEN (who brought us this monster mayhem), re-team in a retro-future charmer for Slovakian bank SLSP, celebrating “the power of beginnings and the beauty of ambition.” [Watch]
Working with UK illustrator/art director Matt Blease, the animation team at Niceshit Studio in Barcelona combines “classic comedy, bold scripts, and expressive characters” into a series of clean and quirky spots for IBM’s AI products. [Watch]
Director/photographer Thibaut Grevet wraps Samuel L. Jackson, Missy Elliott, and Anthony Edwards into an arresting visual poem celebrating the art and craft of timelessness for adidas Originals thru agency Johannes Leonardo. [Watch]
Join 1stAveMachine director Anthony Dickenson as he assembles 5,000 hand-painted frames into a mesmeric music video for London-based electronic musician Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West). The in-depth BTS starts at 3:00. [Watch]
